#3C196C#3C196C

#3C196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.134 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C196C
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 35.60, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 54.86, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.73% 0.0616 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(31.73% 0.134 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9172, 2.7385, 14.4540)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C196C #496C19

analogous

#191F6C #3C196C #65196C

triadic

#3C196C #6C3C19 #196C3C

tetradic

#3C196C #6C191F #496C19 #196C65

square

#3C196C #6C191F #496C19 #196C65

split-complementary

#3C196C #6C6519 #1F6C19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #200D3A #3C196C #58259E #7330CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#3C196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#3C196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C196C

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C196C	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.134 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775997',
    500: '#3c196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c196c;
$custom-light: #775997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.301,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31734,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C196C

secondary

#78A13F

accent

#E542A1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C196C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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